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Al Ahly SC

Al Ahly
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Full name Al Ahly Sporting Club
Nickname(s) Club of the Century
The Red Devils
Patriotism Club
Masters of the World
Short name ASC
Founded 24 April 1907; 109 years ago (1907-04-24)
Ground Cairo International Stadium
Ground Capacity 75,000
Chairman Mahmoud Taher
Manager Sayed Abdel Hafeez
Coach Hossam El-Badry
League Egyptian Premier League
2015–16 Egyptian Premier League, 1st
Website Club home page
Current season
Active departments of Al Ahly SC
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Football
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Swimming
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Water polo
Karate
Athletics

Al Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي للرياضة البدنية‎‎), is an Egyptian sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the top tier of the Egyptian football league system. Founded in April 24, 1907 as a gathering place for Cairo's students' unions in the struggle against colonization.

Al Ahly is the most successful club in Egyptian football history and Africa, having won a record 38 national titles, 35 national cups and 9 national super cups. In addition, Al Ahly has never been relegated to the Second Division. On the continental side, Al Ahly was named in 2000 by CAF as the African Club of the Century. The club has 8 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup title, 6 CAF Super Cup titles and 4 African Cup Winners' Cup titles. Internationally, Al Ahly has won the Bronze medal in FIFA Club World Cup 2006 and 1 Afro-Asian Cup title.

Al Ahly is the second most successful club in the world in terms of number of international titles (20), together with Barcelona (20) but behind Real Madrid (21). The club plays their home matches in the Cairo International Stadium, with a capacity of 75,000.


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